Mails from "Microsoft" with a virus

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Pete Seddon

I'm being bombarded with e-mails from Microsoft that
contain an attached file with a virus. I know that they
aren't from Microsoft but they look prety dam convincing,
beside blocking them or making numerous rules is there
any way of stopping them from getting to me in the first
place?
 
Pete Seddon said:
I'm being bombarded with e-mails from Microsoft that
contain an attached file with a virus. I know that they
aren't from Microsoft but they look prety dam convincing,
beside blocking them or making numerous rules is there
any way of stopping them from getting to me in the first
place?
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Pete,

Ultimately the only way to avoid receiving e-mails is by being extremely
careful about who you give your e-mail address to.
One very simple example would be under no circumstances ever use your real
e-mail address when posting to newsgroups (which unfortunately you have
done - and this will directly increase the amount of SPAM you will receive).

For more advice see
http://www.microsoft.com/security/articles/spam.asp


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Regards,

Mike
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Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights

Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
newsgroups
 
Hi Do not bounce these email back with the likes of
MailWasher just delete them and you will stop getting them
 
if you have full fledged mail server i you org you can add
the recp name to the list from whcih you don't wantto rec
mails.
you can use 3rd party tool called Norton Spam Killer 2004
and mcafee spam killer
 
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